{Happy 6th Brylee!}

I'm sorry my camera has not taken the best pics but here is a late post on Brylee's birthday which was June 3rd.  She did a little friend party.  We made bracelets and necklaces, painted nails, had pizza and played and had cake!  She loved it!  She has some cute friends.  They were all so excited and had a blast!  She is now the big 6!  And she thinks its so great that she has a baby sister, she feels so big.   

 She got a new bike!  and also a barbie projector.  She loves anything art!

 slap watch!

 Making jewelry!

 getting her nails painted!

 She got spoiled from her cute friends!

Love you Brylee Jo!

{Payson's Graduation}

Our Sweet Payson graduated from his first year of Preschool in May.  We love this little guy so much, they don't come much sweeter than him.  He is so quiet and shy and tenderhearted but he is also super smart and is coming out of his shell more and more.  He listened really well and has shared some fun things with us that he learned in Preschool.  He gets to do 5 day a week preschool this year and he can't wait.  We are so proud of you Pays!!!

Swimming Lessons

I can't Believe this is all the pics I took. These two took a two week swim session at the new water park here in Rexburg and they loved it!

{Our Kindergarten Graduate!}

Brylee graduated from Kindergarten back in May! (that is how far behind I am:) ) She was so cute. She LOVED Kindergarten. She had the greatest teachers, Mrs. Judy and the aid was Mrs. Dick. Her teachers put on the cutest little graduation with lots of singing and a fun DVD that they made of the year that I was able to get. I am so excited to have that for memories sake. First grade here she comes!!! (sorry lots of pics)

{A gift from brother}

I just had to share some sweet pics of Reese I forgot I took a few weeks ago. She was sleeping in her swing and Payson put her bear next to her that he picked out for her, while I was in the hospital. He brought it to her when he came to meet her for the first time. It's the cutest, softest pink bear. She loves anything soft to be close to her face while she sleeps. She is our little cuddle bug! She already loves her gift from her brother!

{Swing Time!}

This was when Reese was about 3 months old, I finally dusted off the old swing and brought it upstairs for her to use. She didn't love it much at first and still doesn't last long in it but it's great to have for when I need to cook dinner or take care of the other two kids. She still loves her bouncer and still sleeps in it...I know it's going to be a pain to get her to sleep on her mattress after being used to the bouncer but HEY, she sleeps through the night every night so why on earth would I change her routine?? It might cost me later but oh well:)

Brylee ALWAYS wants to be in pics with Reese;) Even when she is eating a huge ice cream sandwich.

I LOVE this baby!

also I think I might close my blog back up since I really use it for journaling and it seems like no one reads it anyways;)

{Weekend Getaway}

(picture overload)

Joey, Jace and Pays watching Spiderman

Last weekend we needed to just "get away". Broc decided it was time....which is rare so I took full advantage of the opportunity!;) We got a room at Little America in Salt Lake and let the kids swim. It was so fun and relaxing. Just what we needed. Reese was an angel the whole time. Saturday we dropped the kids off at my sisters and they had a sleepover! They LOVED that. Broc and I were able to do some shopping at Cabelas and the mall and ended the evening with dinner at Tacanos. YUM. Thanks Broc for the fun weekend!

Broc had a load at the mall....we took the kids to The Gateway so they could eat Panda Express. They love that place. I love this picture:) Best dad ever.
Brylee and Reese were in matching outfits so we had to get a pic!
Swimming!


Happy Girl!...with crazy hair:)
My sister took this pic...she watched Reese while we all swam. Her kids came to swim, it was a fun night.

doing a little work....he can't ever just smile. Always a goofy face!
The kids were playing "Church" with the scriptures in the hotel room. So cute.
Funny story...on our way home we stopped to eat and as we were sitting there a family came in to eat. An old man was trailing behind his family and he had a comb over....a huge comb over. Well the wind was blowing pretty hard outside and I noticed that part of his "comb over" was sticking straight up...just as I saw it Pays at the same time belts out "HA LOOK AT THAT GUY...", as Broc shushed him before he could finish what we knew was going to be "Look at that guys hair!" LOL I was laughing so hard...Broc couldn't believe I was laughing. It was so funny though. He said it SO loud. Good thing this guy couldn't hear...or we hope he couldn't! :)

{Reese's Blessing}

We blessed Reese on Mothers Day. It was so nice and the speakers in sacrament were so good. I waited until she was older to bless her because she had RSV when she was just 4 weeks old. I am so glad I waited, she was at a good age. She looked so pretty and did so well during the blessing. Broc gave such a good blessing and it was so emotional for me for some reason. It always is but this time it was more so to me. I am just so Thankful for Broc and my kids and for the gospel. I am SO thankful for our eternal family. I love my family and Broc's family so much.

After the blessing we had a lunch at our house. It was a perfect Mothers day meal!

pretty little girl

Grandma and Reese:)
Cousins!

Before church...

{Cute girl}

This is just a cute pic I had taken of Bry as she headed off to school one day. She is almost done with Kindergarten...so sad!

{Big Sister}

Brylee is such a GREAT help with Reese. She is so good with her, it actually surprised me because she was the complete opposite when Pays was born. Bry and Pays were only 22 months apart so I'm sure there was just jealousy there.

She always rushes to her when she cries and soothes her by holding her or giving her the Pacifier. Reese is lucky to have Brylee for a big sister. Brylee has wanted a little sister for a long time and she is so proud to say she has one now:) At first we were really nervous because Bry would just pick her up and we had to teach her how to support her little head and to not go on the tile while holding her. Now that Reese is holding her head up a little more it's gotten better but we still have to watch. We have a lot of tile in our kitchen so that still makes me nervous;)